The Relationship between Pre-service Teachers’ Awareness Levels of Electromagnetic Pollution and other Environmental Problems
Abstract
science teachers took part in the quantitative
part of this study in Ankara, Turkey. In the qualitative part of the study,
seven female and eight male preservice teachers were chosen out of the 76 on a
volunteer basis. Three data collection tools were used. Findings: The findings
obtained from the research show that there is no remarkable difference among
preservice science teachers’ awareness levels of electromagnetic pollution
depending on the gender variable. Then, it was concluded that students who had
taken environmental science courses had higher levels of awareness compared to
those who had not. With another sub-problem, it was seen that there is no
relationship between preservice teachers’ awareness levels of conscious use of
technological devices causing electromagnetic pollution and their awareness
levels of environmental problems. Implications
for Research and Practice:
Preservice science teachers are less sensitive to electromagnetic pollution
than other types of pollutions. Future studies could investigate why students
think that they are less sensitive to electromagnetic pollution.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to find out the relationship between the awareness level of preservice science teachers’ conscious use of technological devices, which cause electromagnetic pollution, and their awareness level of related environmental problems. Research Methods: In this study, a mixed design method was used. A relational screening model was used to collect quantitative data. The phenomenological method, which includes defining and interpreting individuals’ perception and perspective related to a phenomenon, was used to collect qualitative data. While selecting participants, purposeful sampling was used. Seventy-six preservice
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
December 15, 2016
Submission Date
December 15, 2016
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2016 Volume: 16 Number: 67